“Kevin is a great addition to our football program and defensive staff,” Harbaugh said in an school news release. “He adds a wealth of experience and knowledge on the defensive side of the ball, and Kevin’s working relationship with Coach (Don) Brown will be a big asset for our team. I have known and have had a deep, abiding respect for Coach Lempa as a coach and a good man. We are excited to have Kevin, his wife, Sara, and their adult children, Christopher and Tara, join the Michigan football family and university community.”

Lempa has worked with Wolverines DC Don Brown before. When Brown was Boston College’s defensive coordinator (2013-2015), Lempa coached the defensive backs. Lempa has also coached at Maryland (2007-2010) and held defensive coordinator roles at both Central Connecticut State (2011) and Columbia (2012).

“I am very excited and honored to become part of coach Harbaugh’s staff,” Lempa said in the release. “I am also fired up to be working with coach Brown again.”